village, and you and your cousins are the only lads who can restore its beauty.”
“Let’s hope the plan to lure out Adhamh works. I had no idea it had gotten this bad here.”
A fine mist hit the windshield, causing Cathy to turn on the wipers which didn’t do a very good job of keeping the glass clean. Streaks of water across the glass distorted what was in front of them even more, making everything seem surreal.
“You didn’t want to know,” she said softly. “Thankfully you’ve changed and now there’s at least hope for the people of our village.”
She glanced at him, smiling, then sped up. “Let’s get this thing going. The sooner we can get Adhamh to show his nasty face the better chance you and your cousins have at catching him.”
“I only hope we’re not too late to turn things around and this works.”
* * *
Ronan knew his two cousins, Rourke and Kasey, had already arrived in the village, preparing for Tommy’s funeral. He’d gone over his plan with Kasey about luring the leprechaun out in the open using the fake coin he’d commissioned a jeweler to make using little Sarah’s two-sided Play-Doh impression. Kasey had told him to get Adahamh to the fountain in the town square. “Try to catch him, and I’ll make sure help is there to do the rest,” Kasey had said … whatever that meant. He’d also learned the leprechaun had threatened someone close to Tommy, Delaney Belough, which was probably the reason why Tommy had decided to finally sell the gold.
As dangerous as it might be, Ronan and Cathy felt as if they were essentially on their own in this one. There was no way Ronan wouldn’t find a way to apprehend Adhamh and throw his sorry ass in jail for cursing Tommy and causing his death, even if it meant leaving the nasty leprechaun right there in Talamh an Óir for trial.
Rain began to sporadically pelt the windshield. If Ronan had any chance of getting the leprechaun out in the open, he better get going or the streets would soon turn into slick ribbons of mud.
“Kasey’s right about the fountain in the town square. That’s the best place to set the trap,” Cathy said as they made their way along the narrow broken cobblestone streets of the seemingly deserted town. There were a few people mulling around, dressed in black, looking grim, but gone were the groups of kids playing stickball on the sidewalks, or the older men of the village taking their daily excursion while they talked of days gone by. And where were the women? Talamh an Óir had some of the most beautiful women in all of Ireland.
Not anymore.
“There’s no we about this. I’ll do it while you sit safely in the car on the other side of town.”
“I didn’t come this far for you to drop me off somewhere. Besides, there’s no place safe as long as he’s free. He has tremendous powers. Just look at this town. It’s completely run by Adhamh. Did you notice all the empty storefronts and all the shoe repair shops? That’s a sure sign an evil leprechaun has taken over. There aren’t enough shoes in all of Southern Ireland to support these shops. They’re all a front for his evil deeds. It’s a travesty is what it is, and I intend to help catch the little demon.”
She pulled her knitting needles out of her large purse. “We need to stab him in the foot with one of these. That’s the only way you can catch a dirty leprechaun.”
“Put those away. They scare me. How’d you get those on the plane?”
“In my checked bag.”
Ronan grabbed the needles and shoved them back in her purse. “I brought a few weapons of my own. I won’t be needing yours.”
“You smuggled in a gun?”
“No. They’d throw me in jail if I carried. I brought a taser and handcuffs.” He pulled the taser out of his shirt pocket. It looked small but it was powerful.
“You can try that. And when it doesn’t work, consider my needles.”
He chuckled. “Whatever you say.”
Though he had no intention of using those nasty
“Let’s hope the plan to lure out Adhamh works. I had no idea it had gotten this bad here.”
A fine mist hit the windshield, causing Cathy to turn on the wipers which didn’t do a very good job of keeping the glass clean. Streaks of water across the glass distorted what was in front of them even more, making everything seem surreal.
“You didn’t want to know,” she said softly. “Thankfully you’ve changed and now there’s at least hope for the people of our village.”
She glanced at him, smiling, then sped up. “Let’s get this thing going. The sooner we can get Adhamh to show his nasty face the better chance you and your cousins have at catching him.”
“I only hope we’re not too late to turn things around and this works.”
* * *
Ronan knew his two cousins, Rourke and Kasey, had already arrived in the village, preparing for Tommy’s funeral. He’d gone over his plan with Kasey about luring the leprechaun out in the open using the fake coin he’d commissioned a jeweler to make using little Sarah’s two-sided Play-Doh impression. Kasey had told him to get Adahamh to the fountain in the town square. “Try to catch him, and I’ll make sure help is there to do the rest,” Kasey had said … whatever that meant. He’d also learned the leprechaun had threatened someone close to Tommy, Delaney Belough, which was probably the reason why Tommy had decided to finally sell the gold.
As dangerous as it might be, Ronan and Cathy felt as if they were essentially on their own in this one. There was no way Ronan wouldn’t find a way to apprehend Adhamh and throw his sorry ass in jail for cursing Tommy and causing his death, even if it meant leaving the nasty leprechaun right there in Talamh an Óir for trial.
Rain began to sporadically pelt the windshield. If Ronan had any chance of getting the leprechaun out in the open, he better get going or the streets would soon turn into slick ribbons of mud.
“Kasey’s right about the fountain in the town square. That’s the best place to set the trap,” Cathy said as they made their way along the narrow broken cobblestone streets of the seemingly deserted town. There were a few people mulling around, dressed in black, looking grim, but gone were the groups of kids playing stickball on the sidewalks, or the older men of the village taking their daily excursion while they talked of days gone by. And where were the women? Talamh an Óir had some of the most beautiful women in all of Ireland.
Not anymore.
“There’s no we about this. I’ll do it while you sit safely in the car on the other side of town.”
“I didn’t come this far for you to drop me off somewhere. Besides, there’s no place safe as long as he’s free. He has tremendous powers. Just look at this town. It’s completely run by Adhamh. Did you notice all the empty storefronts and all the shoe repair shops? That’s a sure sign an evil leprechaun has taken over. There aren’t enough shoes in all of Southern Ireland to support these shops. They’re all a front for his evil deeds. It’s a travesty is what it is, and I intend to help catch the little demon.”
She pulled her knitting needles out of her large purse. “We need to stab him in the foot with one of these. That’s the only way you can catch a dirty leprechaun.”
“Put those away. They scare me. How’d you get those on the plane?”
“In my checked bag.”
Ronan grabbed the needles and shoved them back in her purse. “I brought a few weapons of my own. I won’t be needing yours.”
“You smuggled in a gun?”
“No. They’d throw me in jail if I carried. I brought a taser and handcuffs.” He pulled the taser out of his shirt pocket. It looked small but it was powerful.
“You can try that. And when it doesn’t work, consider my needles.”
He chuckled. “Whatever you say.”
Though he had no intention of using those nasty
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